Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg Spent Two Hours Transforming Into Bigfoot With ‘Tons of Fur’ for Absurdist Sundance Movie ‘Sasquatch Sunset’

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter It took a lot of time — and hair — to transform Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough into Bigfoot.

They spent several hours in the makeup chair to don the elaborate prosthetics needed to play two of the eponymous creatures in “Sasquatch Sunset,” a surreal comedic drama that premieres on Friday at the Sundance Film Festival. “We would arrive — and I would have to shave everything on my face — and then it was two hours in the chair applying hair, makeup and fur, and then climbing into a costume that was specifically made for us,” said Christophe Zajac-Denek, who also stars in the film as one of the mythical beasts, at the Variety Studio presented by Audible. “Tons of fur.” David Zellner and Nathan Zellner directed “Sasquatch Sunset,” which is vaguely described as “a year in the life of a singular family.” The film, which contains no dialogue (unless you speak Sasquatchese) promises to capture a true depiction of the daily of the Sasquatch.

All of the actors play a version of Bigfoot, so Keough jokes that “for a chunk of the movie, people won’t know the difference between the [actors].” “It was one of the more challenging things I’ve ever done, like, physically,” Keough said. “If you took a few steps in the suit, you were out of breath.” The actors insist they didn’t go Method to embody the Yeti, but they did attend several days of “Sasquatch School” on set and worked with a mime coach, who was hired by Eisenberg. “We were rehearsing and looking to have some cohesive movement so it looked like we were part of the same family,” Eisenberg said. “[The mime teacher] went through movements and eating and nuances of living day to day.” Though Nathan says “Sasquatch Sunset” is “one of the.